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LONDON: American scientists have announced that they have discovered the source of what caused thousands of soldiers to fall sick during the 1991 Gulf War with puzzling symptoms, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The study, funded by the US government, said nerve agent sarin, which pervaded the atmosphere after Iraqi bomb stores were destroyed, affected thousands of troops after
Latest research raises hope that a treatment will be found for the estimated 33,000 British veterans still affected by the illness
A US Government-funded study has found the usually fatal sarin gas is to blame for Gulf War syndrome, which triggers symptoms including fatigue and chronic body pain.
US scientists say they now know why thousands of soldiers who served in the 1991 conflict fell sick.
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